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>> so far egypt said it will support the peace treaty it has with israel. the same for jordan of course. you have to worry about the underlying stability and the mood of the people and both of those countries jordan being more than 50% palestinian and of course you have syria and lebanon on the northern and on the eastern borders that are in turmoil right now and not to mention the rest of the middle east all the way to bahrain. this is probably one of the most dangerous times we have ever faced in the middle east. >> general richard myers, a very delicate situation. thank you so much for being with us. good morning. >> for sure. >>> even as new details of the scandal that forced him out of cia director continue to emerge on friday general david petraeus appeared on capitol hill and he was summoned to testify about the attack at the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya, that killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador. margaret brennan is here with the story. >> good morning, rebecca. david petraeus first briefed congress about the attack in benghazi da
>> so far egypt said it will support the peace treaty it has with israel. the same for jordan of course. you have to worry about the underlying stability and the mood of the people and both of those countries jordan being more than 50% palestinian and of course you have syria and lebanon on the northern and on the eastern borders that are in turmoil right now and not to mention the rest of the middle east all the way to bahrain. this is probably one of the most dangerous times we have...
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covered this is stork struggle for self-determination what many people may not realize is how brutal israel's blockade really is and what it means for one point five million gazans who live there it's one of the densest areas in the world and eighty percent of the population has to depend on outside goods to survive as a two thousand and ten there were only eighty one items allowed into gaza everything else has been prohibited from entering why well the israeli government claims that most weapons most items could be made into a weapons interesting claim considering it's a list that's riddled with contradictions let's see here chocolate medical supplies children's books toys these are currently the kinds of things that undermine israeli security well as we know that's ludicrous clearly there's more to the story like this according to a recently released israeli government documents israel's authorities were using food as a method of collective punishment officials intended to quote put palestinians on a diet even going so far as calculating how many calories each gazan would need per day to av
covered this is stork struggle for self-determination what many people may not realize is how brutal israel's blockade really is and what it means for one point five million gazans who live there it's one of the densest areas in the world and eighty percent of the population has to depend on outside goods to survive as a two thousand and ten there were only eighty one items allowed into gaza everything else has been prohibited from entering why well the israeli government claims that most...
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and there's more to the story like this according to a recently released israeli government documents israel's authorities were using food as a method of collective punishment officials intended to quote put palestinians on a diet even going so far as calculating how many calories each gazan would need per day to avoid a humanitarian disaster and talk more about this disturbing reality is someone who's been to gaza and seen this crisis first and i'm joined by mike prysner co-founder of march forward thanks so much for coming on hey so you just heard us talking about this absurd list of goods that are prohibited from entering gaza you went there not too long ago why did you go and what was your experience there well i actually went to gaza in the wake of operation cast lead in two thousand and nine and the reason we went is because there had been so much death so much destruction so many casualties in that onslaught yet all of the basic things that people needed to both treat the wounded and rebuild the destruction were not allowed in so for example massive numbers of homes and hospitals and sc
and there's more to the story like this according to a recently released israeli government documents israel's authorities were using food as a method of collective punishment officials intended to quote put palestinians on a diet even going so far as calculating how many calories each gazan would need per day to avoid a humanitarian disaster and talk more about this disturbing reality is someone who's been to gaza and seen this crisis first and i'm joined by mike prysner co-founder of march...
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rules were in session and so children had their limbs melted off their faces melted off and israel of course knew because israeli intelligence very good that they were students in session in those schools that were targeted and so when you're directing a war against the children not allowing them to not allowing them in a static while they have their limbs amputated i mean this is terrorism that it's like they just want to accelerate the suffering as much as they can as sad as that is to say i don't see any other explanation for it mike let's talk about the targets as you just mentioned they target children schools israel is coming out now the israeli government saying that they're dropping leaflets over palestine to pretty much warn people hey stay away from any hamas infrastructure but i mean really hamas is the democratically elected leadership of palestine zahar ridiculous as this is they are what does this really mean all these really propaganda machine is putting out that they're doing everything they can to avoid civilian casualties and they advertise these leaflets that they d
rules were in session and so children had their limbs melted off their faces melted off and israel of course knew because israeli intelligence very good that they were students in session in those schools that were targeted and so when you're directing a war against the children not allowing them to not allowing them in a static while they have their limbs amputated i mean this is terrorism that it's like they just want to accelerate the suffering as much as they can as sad as that is to say i...
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fox news is closely monitoring the growing tensions between israel and hamas in the gaza strip. at this hour, the air strikes are continuing with israel launching nearly 200 strikes this morning. one apparently striking down a rocket aimed at tel aviv. we'll have the very latest in a live report, plus an exclusive with israel's deputy knesset speaker, live from tel aviv. hearings from capitol hill this week about the benghazi attack. but did we get all the answers? fair and balanced, we'll be talking to lawmakers in both sides of the aisle. plus the impact of david petraeus' testimony from former attorney general alberto gonzalez will be coming your way. they fought in iraq and afghanistan. now they're fighting to help people rebuild their lives after super storm sandy. how these veterans and their new mission of mercy is making an impact, when america's news headquarters starts at the top of the hour. don't go away. see you then. >> nearly three weeks after super storm sandy and thousands of people still without power. now calls to start burying power lines under ground everywh
fox news is closely monitoring the growing tensions between israel and hamas in the gaza strip. at this hour, the air strikes are continuing with israel launching nearly 200 strikes this morning. one apparently striking down a rocket aimed at tel aviv. we'll have the very latest in a live report, plus an exclusive with israel's deputy knesset speaker, live from tel aviv. hearings from capitol hill this week about the benghazi attack. but did we get all the answers? fair and balanced, we'll be...
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israel has been pounding gaza with air strikes. the attacks appeared to be rapidly escalating including signs that israel is preparing for a ground incursion into gaza. "the new york times" citing reports of israeli tanks massing on the border with gaza. amid all of this in the world, today washington was consumed with two major issues. the first was the start of negotiations to head off a deliberate crisis that d.c. created for itself so they could come to a few new deal between the parties and between the president and congress on spending and taxes and the deficit. that negotiation started today. the white house said top level white house staffers will be continuing those negotiations that started today, even while the president is off on this big, historic trip to asia. the other thing consuming washington today is many tentacled congressional investigation into what happened in libya back in september when the u.s. ambassador and three other americans were killed in an attack on a u.s. consulate there. in the midst of his own
israel has been pounding gaza with air strikes. the attacks appeared to be rapidly escalating including signs that israel is preparing for a ground incursion into gaza. "the new york times" citing reports of israeli tanks massing on the border with gaza. amid all of this in the world, today washington was consumed with two major issues. the first was the start of negotiations to head off a deliberate crisis that d.c. created for itself so they could come to a few new deal between the...
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hamas has leveled some missiles on israel so israel counter attacks and i think what israel wants to do is get rid of all the missiles and missile batteries that threaten israel not only for now, but for later. because, if israel does a preemptive attack on iran's nuclear sites say six months down the the road, retaliation would be from those missiles, if israel right now is sort of doing a preemptive move to allow them to do another preemptive move later on. >> dave: the video were you just seeing was live video after explosion that just happened. what does that do to the u.s.? do they have to enter this, not with troops by any means. >> no. >> dave: but if israel goes in with a ground war, what is our position on all of this considering that egypt is appearing to defend hamas in this situation. >> you hit on the real key to this. what does egypt do, they have a 40-year peace treaty with israel, haven't fought each other for 40 years, does the new government, muslim brotherhood of egypt abrogate that treaty? does the muslim brotherhood of egypt say these are my muslim brotherhood br
hamas has leveled some missiles on israel so israel counter attacks and i think what israel wants to do is get rid of all the missiles and missile batteries that threaten israel not only for now, but for later. because, if israel does a preemptive attack on iran's nuclear sites say six months down the the road, retaliation would be from those missiles, if israel right now is sort of doing a preemptive move to allow them to do another preemptive move later on. >> dave: the video were you...
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and supporters of israel are concerned about attempts to limit israeli sovereignty. so there's a broad coalition of, i guess, center-right activist groups and maybe counterintellectuals or something who would counter a -- form this social base you're talking about. i'm glad you mentioned the e.u., i have a whole chapter in the book on the european union, i'm very interested in that. we see what's happening in europe, and there is a pushback in europe. there's political groups in europe that look to reagan and thatcher, the alliance of european conservatives and reformists. i spoke there in may. there's many people who want to return to the days of -- well, use the principles, not return to the days, necessarily, but use the principles of reagan and thatcher and president claus in the czech republic who are pro-american, pro-free enterprise, pro-sovereignty. it doesn't come from the mainstream parties. it doesn't come from angela merkel and the german and french so-called conservatives. but it does come from elements within the british conservatives and elements in ce
and supporters of israel are concerned about attempts to limit israeli sovereignty. so there's a broad coalition of, i guess, center-right activist groups and maybe counterintellectuals or something who would counter a -- form this social base you're talking about. i'm glad you mentioned the e.u., i have a whole chapter in the book on the european union, i'm very interested in that. we see what's happening in europe, and there is a pushback in europe. there's political groups in europe that...
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i think a lot it revolves around what israel does and how scared they get. i think the president is committed to doing whatever he cannot to lead us into a third war in that region of the world within a decade. war with iran, even if it is just from above, just bombing raids, it would be a terrible thing for this country, a terrible thing for the region, a terrible thing for the world. i know a nuclear-arms iran would be terrible. i am not sure that it would be worse than a war with iran. >> dr. travis? >> i would agree with all of that. i think he will keep us out of war. he may utilize the u.n. differently. we are talking about iran, but we also have north korea, with nuclear issues there. that is equally as serious as iran. i think it will be a balancing act of trying to negotiate and do things through diplomacy rather than the military. that there's a lot of talk about citizens' rights. that would bring the u.n. perspective right into the body. >> that is what i was thinking, that senator kerrey would move over to that. >> i would agree with everything t
i think a lot it revolves around what israel does and how scared they get. i think the president is committed to doing whatever he cannot to lead us into a third war in that region of the world within a decade. war with iran, even if it is just from above, just bombing raids, it would be a terrible thing for this country, a terrible thing for the region, a terrible thing for the world. i know a nuclear-arms iran would be terrible. i am not sure that it would be worse than a war with iran....
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host: there is a story in the " the new york times"about the back and forth between israel and hamas. in "the washington post." good morning from washington, d.c. on the democrats in line. i voted -- will survive before the bush cuts which were temporary. perhaps this should only be extended 50% instead of 100%. i think the republicans won the house. they both want something. i think they both need to work together and the constituents of both should pay a little more. that is how i feel. host: do you think yesterday both sides expressed a willingness on both parts? caller: i hope they realize the important thing is solving the crisis, not taking care of their particular constituents a lawn. host: let's hear from one more call. this is herman on the republican line. caller: yes, i want to say just because you are on a runaway train for the last 40 years -- we went through a great depression and came through it just fine. republicans and democrats both do not have the ability to solve this problem we are in. they are smart people, do not get me wrong. we need to go over the fiscal clif
host: there is a story in the " the new york times"about the back and forth between israel and hamas. in "the washington post." good morning from washington, d.c. on the democrats in line. i voted -- will survive before the bush cuts which were temporary. perhaps this should only be extended 50% instead of 100%. i think the republicans won the house. they both want something. i think they both need to work together and the constituents of both should pay a little more. that...